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4906 [Tuesday, 29 October 201329 Amendment of sections 65 and 66: Coastal leases andconcessionsThe original need for coastal leases was to generate fundsand to control activities within coastal public property. Section66 of the Act, which provides for leases of coastal publicproperty is administratively cumbersome, over-regulatory andhas a potential unintended impact on other organs of statethat operate within coastal public property. In addition, it is notpractical to subject every activity on coastal public property toa lease as not all activities have impact and it would thereforeserve no real environmental value. As a result, it was not putinto operation when the Act commenced in 2009.The Amendment Bill is proposing to replace the leases withcoastal use permits whereby the Minister is authorised to listactivities which require a permit, thereby removing the blanketrequirement that all activities on CPP require a lease. It isintended to create a mechanism to only regulate certainactivities which impact on coastal public property but whichare not appropriately dealt with under other environmentallegislation such as the NEMA Environmental ImpactAssessment Regulations. The time limitation of 20 years hasbeen retained as a maximum period for which a permit maybe issued.30 Insertion of a new section 66A: Leases in admiraltyreserveSince admiralty reserve forms part of coastal public property,there needed to be a clause inserted in the Act to determinehow existing leases on admiralty reserve, which are primarilymanaged by Public Works, should be dealt with. The newsection now indicates that such leases should continue to bemanaged by the appropriate authority but in accordance withthe objects of the Act.ANNOUNCEMENTS, TABLINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS NO 147─2013